Medical Data Synchronization via Coordinate Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current medical systems and devices are limited in their ability to combine and synchronize data from disparate sources, leading to fragmented and difficult-to-interpret information for clinicians, which can result in inaccurate or delayed diagnosis and treatment.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that synchronizes data from multiple medical systems, including imaging and mapping systems, by aligning their coordinate systems and clocks, allowing for the integration of data from various sources into a unified display, enhancing the visualization and interpretation of medical information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If multiple independent medical systems are used to obtain different types of data, then the quantity and variety of medical information increases, but the complexity of integrating and synchronizing this data increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a central controller as an intermediary device that receives data from multiple independent medical systems (imaging system, mapping system, treatment system), synchronizes their coordinate systems and clocks, and integrates their outputs into a unified display. This mediator handles the complexity of data integration, allowing each independent system to maintain its own functionality while achieving coordinated operation through the central controller that reconciles different data formats, coordinate systems, and timing.
2Reliability
If data from multiple medical systems is displayed separately, then each system maintains its data integrity, but the ease of interpretation and diagnosis by clinicians deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the separate outputs from multiple medical systems into a single unified display interface. The central controller combines imaging data, mapping data, and treatment data into one integrated visualization that maintains the integrity of each data source while presenting them in a coordinated manner. This unified display allows clinicians to interpret all relevant information simultaneously in a single view, eliminating the need to switch between multiple separate displays and improving diagnostic efficiency.
3Adaptability or versatility
If each medical system operates independently with its own coordinate system and clock, then system autonomy is maintained, but the accuracy of synchronized data presentation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the parameter sets of different medical systems into a common reference framework. The central controller performs coordinate system transformations and clock synchronizations, converting data from various systems' native coordinate systems and time references into a unified parameter set. This parameter transformation maintains the autonomy of each system to operate with its own characteristics while achieving precise synchronized presentation by mathematically reconciling the different parameter systems through coordinate transformations and time synchronization algorithms.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure relates generally to medical systems and methods for combining and synergizing information in an expedient format for viewing on a display screen. In one embodiment, a method for combining and synergizing data from different medical systems comprises obtaining from a first medical system an image disposed relative to a first coordinate system, obtaining from a second medical system supplemental data; synchronizing first and second clocks of the first and second medical systems, respectively, and displaying in synchronicity the supplemental data combined with the image. In other embodiments, coordinate systems of the first and second medical systems can be co-registered. In another embodiment, sensor integration time and spatial accuracy of the first and second medical systems can be used with an algorithm to produce synergized information.